HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 07-02 Identity thieves stash stolen items in Maplewood MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Identity thieves
stash stolen items
in Maplewood
Couple accused information at their place
of employment, a burger
of having over 15 King in Woodbury,but that
Social Security wasn't all that they had put
y together.In a hotel room in
cards Woodbury,police said they
A Woodbury couple has found 17 Social Security
been charged with multiple cards,driver's licenses,birth
counts of felony aiding and certificates and credit card
abetting financial card fraud, applications to help smooth
which included purchasing out the alleged identity theft
some stolen items that were process.
housed in an Acorn Storage Because more charges
facility in Maplewood. against the pair may be filed,
Police allege that the cou. Woodbury police and Wash-
ple,Denatre Squalls and Pre-
ington County are currently
chez Anderson,stole thou- unable to comment,but they
sands of dollars worth of did want to alleviate the
goods with stolen credit card concerns of nervous area
information they accumu- residents.
lated in a variety of illegal Woodbury public safety
methods. spokesperson Michelle
They reportedly rented Okada said she believes the
out a pair of storage units in victims of the identity theft
Maplewood,which housed scheme have already been
at least one Vizio television notified,and past patrons at
worth$700 that they bought the Woodbury Burger King
at an Eagan Wal-mart,to go don't need to worry if they
along with a slew of video haven't been contacted.
game consoles they had
purchased at a Toys R Us. "If they haven't heard
They also purchased nearly from us,then they're very
$3,000 worth of items from likely OK,"she said.
Apple's website. p1AZ 72
The couple reportedly had JUI Faklis
been stealing credit card